The 'Prince' surveyed the undergraduate community about their attitudes and perspectives regarding the newly announced revisions to the University alcohol policy. The results follow. 1.
Though the University's revised alcohol policy has sparked campus debate and spurred complaints from students about the heightened crackdown on drinking violations, two-thirds of undergraduates don't fully understand the new procedures, according to an informal survey conducted over the last week by The Daily Princetonian.Despite students' uncertainty as to what the revised policy entails, 63 percent said they either completely or mostly disagreed with the changes.
In an age where print magazines are increasingly giving way to online journalism, The New Yorker is more important than ever, editor-in-chief David Remnick '81 told a packed audience of senior citizens, faculty members and students in McCosh 10 yesterday night."All in all, the form [of The New Yorker] is weird, crazy, free-form, but more important in our time," he said, noting that the magazine currently boasts a million subscribers.Remnick, a Pulitzer Prize winner, also reflected on his time at the University and discussed topics ranging from the state of American and Russian affairs to managing The New Yorker.
The issue of academic year calendar reform is at an impasse for the time being, and students have mixed reactions.The Committee on the Course of Study had considered revising the academic calendar, lengthening each semester by a week and altering break times to allow for a full week of vacation during Thanksgiving, among other changes.
With the Dow Jones Industrial Average down about three percent since the start of the semester and wary Wall Street firms cutting back on hiring, some students and recent alumni are finding it more attractive to pursue a professional degree instead of private sector employment."As job opportunities shrink in the corporate sector and on Wall Street, many more students are likely to think of graduate school as a good alternative," economics professor Burton Malkiel said in an email.The number of Princeton students applying to medical school has risen 18.1 percent from last year, according to Health Professions Advising.
Incoming freshmen who want to attend the international pre-orientation program next year will also be required to participate in either Outdoor or Community Action, according to an email sent yesterday to international students by Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Students Rachel Baldwin.The pre-orientation ? a four-day program for incoming international and exchange students that helps them become acquainted with the University as well as with American life and cultural norms ? has generally taken place around the same time as Outdoor and Community Action trips.
Seniors face many challenges in determining post-graduation plans, but international seniors planning to stay in the United States face an additional hurdle on the way to their first jobs: securing a visa.After the expiration of the one-year period of Option Practical Training (OPT) granted to internationals by their student visas, foreign University students must join the masses of graduates trying to obtain H-1B visas.An H-1B visa permits a foreign student who has at least a bachelor's degree and the sponsorship of a company to work in the United States.
When summoned to move an illegally parked car, Ken Larini tows it "with humility."His 26-year-old business, Larini's Service Center, is the primary car removal company in Princeton, towing cars for the University, the Borough, the Township and the eating clubs.Located on Alexander Street, students and community members go to his shop to pick up their cars when they've been towed for parking illegally on and around campus.But, Larini said, he tries to make the process "as easy as possible for the drivers" by being friendly and accommodating to the people whose cars he has removed.Cars parked illegally on University property are taken to a lot on campus, while all others are towed to Larini's lot.
Dinner was a little different in Whitman College last night. The dining hall ? like an eating club ? was members only.Officers standing near the entrance passed out Whitman sweatpants, and a jazz band added atmosphere to the dinner, which had a menu including steak and salmon.
For Princeton students, a career in law is a common ambition. But Vail Bloom '04 skipped the LSAT and found her way into a different kind of courtroom role: She plays assistant district attorney Heather Stevens on the CBS soap opera "The Young and the Restless."Bloom, who obtained a degree in architecture and was a member of diSiac Dance Company during her time at the University, became a campus celebrity her senior year when she won third place in Maxim Magazine's Hometown Hotties contest. Though she was shocked by the racy nature of her first photos, the publicity helped launch her acting career.
After two years of debate, the University has decided to leave the academic calendar alone.The Committee on the Course of Study had considered revising the academic calendar, by lengthening each semester by a week and altering break times to allow for a week's vacation during Thanksgiving.But neither students nor faculty could come to an agreement on how to change the calendar.
Sherif Girgis, Brett Masters and Landis Stankievech are among this year's winners of Rhodes Scholarships.
The end of early admissions this year at Princeton, Harvard and the University of Virginia has coincided with explosive growth in the number of early applications received by other elite institutions across the country this fall.Among the Ivies, Yale saw the most dramatic jump in applications, with a 36 percent increase in Early Action numbers to 4,820, up from 3,541 last year.
The USG Senate discussed the University's revised alcohol policy for the first time at a public meeting last night.
Korean American, Vietnamese, South Asian, and Asian American Student Associations cosponsored a study break featuring spicy Asian cuisine.
When most students think about their professors, they picture them waxing eloquent in the lecture hall or presiding over a precept.Faculty who arrive at the University, however, face a difficult choice when planning their outside-the-office hours: where to live in relation to campus.Many students say they appreciate it when faculty dwell close to the University, valuing the social and academic intimacy that's possible when they run into their professors at Starbucks or walking down Nassau Street.For professors, however, the choice of where to make their home can be fraught with complexities, including the high cost of living in the Princeton area, family connections to other locations and fear that they won't keep their jobs long enough to make it worth uprooting to a college town.Anthropology professor Janet Monge, who lives in Philadelphia, said that even with good starting salaries, the price of residing close to campus is "formidable," particularly for younger faculty members.
Anyone who has subscribed to a TigerNet discussion group has probably heard of Harold Helm '68. It's natural to wonder why this infamous alumnus constantly bombards inboxes with verbose missives.
Students and local residents remembered victims of murders motivated by anti-transgender hatred during a service in the University Chapel yesterday evening.The event was part of the National Transgender Day of Remembrance, a tradition started nine years ago to honor Rita Hester, a transgender woman from Boston murdered on Nov.
Though mechanical and aerospace engineering (MAE) usually evokes images of complex equations and high-tech robotics, some more down-to-earth items adorn MAE professor Michael Littman's office: radios from the 1920s and World War II, a clock from a clock tower, motors, a phonograph and an antique payphone.Littman, who has taught at the University since 1979, is well-known around campus for his passion for contraptions.
For most Princeton students, Nov. 4, 2008, is just another date on next year's calendar. But for Libby Hutton '09, it will mark the culmination of months of work trying to influence the course of U.S.
